Clothes hanger



March 7, 1933. J c, N Y 1,900,826

CLOTHES HANGER Filed Jan. 16 1932 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS WITNESSES PatentedMar. 7, 1933 UNITED STATES JOHN C. LINDSAY, OF BROOKLYN, YORK CLOTHESHANGER Application filed January 18, 1982. Serial R0. 687,088.

This invention relates to clothes hangers, the primary object of theinvention being to provide a clothes hanger with a clothes line gri pingclamp, so that the hanger may be read' y positioned on a clothes lineand the clamp Wlll function to engage the clothes line and preventaccidental movement of the hanger on the clothes line.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which willpermit a suit of clothes or other articles of clothing to be hung out ona clothes line and freely aired or dried, without danger of the hangerbecoming disen aged from the clothes line.

Vith clothes hangers such as ordinarily made, if they are hun on aclothes line through the medium 0 the ordinary hook with which suchdevices are provided, the hangers are apt to fall ofli' the clothes lineif the clothin is blowing in the wind, and even if they 0 not fall offthe clothes line they will slide down any inclined portion of theclothes line and several of such articles will come together; whereaswith my imroved device the clamp on the clothes an er grips or bites theclothes line so that the anger will not slip, regardless of theinclination of the clothes line, and will maintain the hanger in properposition under all conditions, yet permit the hanger to be easilyremoved whenever desired.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, all of which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointedout in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view illustratingmy improved hanger in operative position on a clothes line;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the hanger illustrating the position ofthe clothes line in dot-and-dash lines;

Figure 3 is an enlarged view in side elevation of the upper or shankportion of the hanger; and

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 but taken at right an les to saidFi re 3.

y improved anger comprises laterally extending members 1-1, a centralupwardly extending shank portion 2 with a hook 3 at the upper end of theshank portion, and my improved clamp, illustrated enerally by referencecharacter 4, having a xed relation To the shank and adapted to grip aclothes inc 5.

In the particular form of clothes hanger illustrated, the several partsof the hanger are formed of wire, that is to say, the two supportingmembers 11 constitute wires which are bent upon themselves and theextremities of these wires are then twisted together and extendedupwardly forming the shank portion 2. One of the wires is extended abovethe rest and bent forming hook 3, the extremities of two of the wiresadjacent the hook are bent forming the clamp 4, and as my invention hasparticularly to do with the combination of hanger and clamp it is to beunderstood that I do not wish to be limited to the specific constructionof the hanger, as this is capable of a wide range of modification, butdesire to cover the idea of a hanger having a clothes line engagingclamp.

The clamp 4 in the specific form illustrated, consists of two wireshaving suflicient spring tension to efficiently perform the functionsintended. These wires for the purpose so of illustration are givenreference characters 6 and 7 respectively, and said wires are bowedupwardly at their upper ends and then inwardly at their lower ends, andbent upon themselves as shown at 8 so as to offer no sharp edges forcontact with the clothes line.

Looking at these clamping members 6 and 7 from one side of the hanger,as shown in Figure 3, it will be seen that these members are given ageneral compound curvature so that a somewhat flared entrance isprovided at the lower end of the clamp for the entrance of the clothesline 5, and when the clam is drawn down on the clothes line theclotilies line will be somewhat distorted, as illustrated in Figure 2 ofthe drawing, so that an eflicient griipp ng action is had which willprevent sli ing of the hanger on the clothes line as well as to preventthe hanger from being accidentally moved ofi the clothes line. In

other words, it requires some force to grip the clothes linesufiiciently to cause the clothes line to be angularl disposed at itspoint of contact with the s ank 2 and clamp 4:, so 5 that there be astrong gripping action.v

In operation, the clothes are first placed u on the hanger and then thefree ends of the c amp 4 are positioned over the clothes line 5, I andwhen the ban er is forced downwardly 110 the clothes line wil besufiiciently gripped to support the clothes hanger thereon withoutdanger of accidental movement of the hanger relative to the clothesline.

While I have illustrated what I believe to be the referred embodiment ofmy invention, it 18 to be distinctly understood that various slightchanges may be made with regard to the form and arrangement of partswithout departing from my invention, and 20 hence I do not limit myselfto the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to makesuch changes and alterations as fair- 1 fall within the spirit and scopeof the 0 mm. What I claim is:

A clothes hangeroomprising two sections of wire, each doubled uponitself to form a air of laterally projectin supporting memers, the openends of eac section belng intertwined with the other to form a centralupwardly projecting shank, two of the extremities o the wire formingsaid shank being bent upon themselves to form with the shank athree-part clamp, and the lower extremities of said clamp being flaredaway from the shank providing an entrance for a clothes line into theclamg.

J OH C. LINDSAY.

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